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Black Girls Eat Podcast
Hosted by LA Dunn · EN
Hosted by LA Dunn, this podcast is an open invitation to join her as she navigates plant based nutrition and makes the leap from processed foods to whole foods, super foods and organic foods. With southern roots and Caribbean in-laws, it's not always easy but you are welcome to the conversation as she chats about all things food from the Impossible Burger to the history of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben.
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March Comes In Like A Lioness
Mar 20, 202100:27:31Tap to summarizeHost and plant-based advocate LA Dunn breaks down The Great American Meat Out Day (March 20), celebrates Chocolate Caramel and spends time with social media sensation, Chef Lioness to find out how she works her magic with dance and food. Learn more at https://blackgirlseat.com
Transcribe →You Have To Nourish In Order To Flourish
Jan 16, 202100:25:32Tap to summarizeBlack Girls Eat Host and Plant-Based advocate LA Dunn spends time with the team from the Nourish Spot and learns how the juice, smoothie and salad bar in Jamaica, Queens got started and how they pivoted during the pandemic to meet the needs of the community. There's also a celebration of Strawberry Ice Cream and a nod to microwave popcorn!
Transcribe →The Courage to Dream
Dec 18, 202000:24:56Tap to summarizeHost and plant based advocate LA Dunn spends time with Nikki Glover, CEO of The Courageous Spoon, an intimate catering business she founded in order to pursue her dreams. Nikki shares her journey as a business woman and how she and her husband fought Covid-19 with a plant powered punch.
Transcribe →Hip Hop Icon Big Lez Talks Health, Wellness and Bicycles
Dec 12, 202000:28:21Tap to summarizeHost and plant based advocate, LA spreads the word about the new ice cream flavor from Ben, Jerry and Colin Kapernick and spends some time with music industry icon, Leslie Segar. Leslie AKA Big Lez burst onto the scene as a gymnast turned dancer. She has performed with many of our favorite artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, LL Cool J, and the late Heavy D. In this intimate conversation, Lez stops by to share her thoughts about food, navigating Covid and provides insight into how she works to eat well, feel well and live well.
Transcribe →But Does it Taste Good ?
Nov 14, 202000:30:03Tap to summarizePlant based advocate LA Dunn celebrates the birth of the Ritz cracker and spends time with social justice warrior, Chef Kimberly Renee. Listen and learn more about her company Might Be Vegan and its latest initiative Food Love. Together, they discuss her restaurant dreams, the power of making your own cheese and equity and access to healthy food choices for people of color.
Transcribe →The United States of America
Nov 7, 202000:24:20Tap to summarizePlant-Based advocate LA Dunn shares part two of her conversation with celebrity "Chairstylist" Felicia Burrows and learns more about Black Hair, her adventures with Julia Roberts, Snoop Dogg and Chaka Khan and what it's really like for Black models who hit the runway for the likes of Marc Jacobs, Valentino, Dior and more. Of course, LA takes talks strategy for meal prep and takes time to recognize the birth of the Pillsbury Dough Boy.
Transcribe →Black Hair: Surviving and Thriving- Part 1
Oct 31, 202000:23:09Tap to summarizePlant-based advocate, LA Dunn checks in this week with suggestions for those who want to know how to start eating mostly plants and celebrates Halloween with the Caramel Apple. She also spends time with celebrity Chairstylist, Felicia Burrows who shares how Black women have been navigating hair during the pandemic and why she thinks we should just stick to the basics when it comes to taking care of our tresses. Here's a hint...she's not a fan of co-washing!
Transcribe →Do You Dubai?
Oct 25, 202000:20:37Tap to summarizeThis week, plant based advocate LA Dunn spends some time with Janine Saulsbury, CEO of Share for Life to learn more about her feeding program that has helped thousands of New Yorkers who have been impacted by Covid-19. Find out how LA feels about National Bologna Day and what "Baloney" meant to her childhood. Finally, get the inside scoop on LA's first attempt at making falafel and her visit to Dubai via Zoom with her college girlfriends.
Transcribe →When Black People Go to the Doctor...
Oct 17, 202000:23:50Tap to summarizeBack for a brand new season. Plant-based advocate LA Dunn celebrates National Pasta Day and her beloved Bucatini Pasta. She also spends time with the doctor who helped influence her investigation into whole foods, super foods and organic foods. Meet Rheumatologist, Dr. Maggie Cadet and learn more about issues in Black health care, eating to support a healthy immune system and how to advocate for yourself when choosing a physician.
Transcribe →What in the Tofu is Going On?
Feb 29, 202000:24:46Tap to summarizeLA decides to stop being a punk and finally makes a tofu dish. She also finds a vegan cheese she can live with and shares a surf and turf memory from a Beefsteak Charlies restaurant in NYC. Listen to find out why she breaks her own rule around receiving kitchen items as Valentine's Day gifts and find out what Black History lesson she learned from Uncle Snoop D-O Double G. Follow on FB & IG @therealblackgirlseat and on Twitter @blkgirlseat Intro and Outro: What You Want Me to Do? by Mela Machinko, Courtesy of War Media, LLC.
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